| SES # | TOPICS | NOTES | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foundations | |||
| L1 | Foundations, forces and fields, Gauss's and Ampere's laws (∫) for static fields | (PDF) | |
| L2 | Media, boundary conditions | (PDF) | |
| L3 | Review vector operators; Maxwell's differential equations (t), E, H, uniform plane wave; sin (ωt) | (PDF) | |
| L4 | Poynting theorem derivation (time), UPW example (we, wm, S(t)) | (PDF) | |
| Forces, motors, generators, and MEMS | |||
| L5 | Electric forces on e-beams, C plates, force from ∂w/∂z; generators and sensors | (PDF) | |
| L6 | Magnetic pressure, rotary wire and reluctance motors, forces on materials | (PDF) | |
| L7 | Static Φ and fields, Laplace's equation, separation of variables (x,y,z); inhomogeneous materials | (PDF) | |
| Waves in media and at boundaries | |||
| L8 | Electromagnetic fields in media, uniaxial media, quarter-wave plate | (PDF) | |
| L9 | Boundary conditions, k•r, phase matching, non-uniform plane wave, Snell's law | (PDF) | |
| L10 | TE at planar boundary, TM by duality, Brewster's angle | (PDF) | |
| Limits to computation speed | |||
| L11 | Device and line delays; TEM parallel-plate line, telegraphers' equation, Zo | (PDF) | |
| L12 | Transients: Thevenin equivalents; L, C, diode loads; initial conditions; lossy TEM | (PDF) | |
| RF/microwave guidance and filtering | |||
| L13 | Architecture, generalized TEM line, Ζ(z), Γ(z), Ζ transformations | (PDF) | |
| L14 | RLC resonators, series, parallel, ωo, ∆ω, α, QL, QI, QE, coupling | (PDF) | |
| L15 | TEM resonators, we(t), wm(t), Q, ∆ω, examples; |V(z,f)| | (PDF) | |
| L16 | TEmn rectangular waveguide, cavity resonators, perturbations | (PDF) | |
| Wireless communications | |||
| L17 | Conservation of energy, power, G(θ,φ), Ae= Gλ2 /4π, Rr, VTh, RF links | (PDF) | |
| L18 | Radiation by current elements, Hertzian dipole, near and far fields; Biot-Savart | (PDF - 1.6MB) | |
| L19 | Receiving antennas: VTh in dipoles and loops; d<<λ/2π, G = 4πA/λ2 | (PDF) | |
| L20 | Aperture antennas, diffraction | (PDF) | |
| Optical communications | |||
| L21 | Optical fibers, applications, dielectric slab waveguide, fiber design | (PDF) | |
| L22 | Lasers | (PDF) | |
| Acoustics | |||
| L23 | Acoustic waves, boundary conditions, reflections, antennas | (PDF) | |
| L24 | Course philosophy, resonator perturbations and speech generation | (PDF) | |
Additional Material
Brief history of Maxwell's equations (PDF)